Confederate fort G, first fort south of W. and A. R.R., looking south,...
No. B637. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
[Ruins at Hampton, Virginia showing chimneys, and man standing]
Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View on James River, near Jones' Landing
Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More
The monitor Casco, James River, Virginia
No. B589. Hand written on mount: "Light draft monitor turret has been removed". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 177". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Joseph Rodman West, 1822-1898. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Head and shoulders, facing right. Union Brvt. Maj. Gen. No. 2976. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption car... More
Mansion House Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)
No. 1290. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, pg. 233". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Major General John McAllister Schofield, three-quarter length portrai...
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 1944. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seminary building - A group of people standing in front of a house
Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback
No. B699. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
33d New York Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.
No. B958. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman Station, Virginia
No. B190. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 193". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[D.R. Miller house, with family on porch, Hagerstown Pike, Antietam, M...
Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adley H. Gladden, d. 1862, Confederate States of America.
Head and shoulders, facing right. CSA general. No. 5145. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph shows Federal troops with rifles in front of the court house. Two children stand on the fence. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 127". Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; ... More
Aerial view of a camp in the distance
Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Company - , 30th Pennsylvania Inf'y. American Civil War 1861-1865.
No. B493. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Major General G. K. Warren and staff
No. B52. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More
General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia
No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney - A large boat floating on top of a lake
No. B115. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861
No. B933. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Pontoon bridge across Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virgini...
No. B613. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)
Illustrated in: Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865, p. 21. Illustrated in: Frassanito, William A., E474.65.F7 (P&P) Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, E474.... More
View from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. during American Civil War
Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Federal prisoners captured at battle of Bull Run, Castle Pinkney [i.e....
Photograph shows Confederate soldiers above watching Union prisoners below in the yard. No. 4375. Hand written on verso: "See Miller vol. 7, p. 4". Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Missionary Ridge - A black and white photo of a field with dead trees
No. B615. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War
No. B1143. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More
Swamp on Appomattox River, Virginia, near Broadway Landing
No. B497. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Surgeons and hospital stewards at Harewood Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No. B489. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry Camp near Washington, D.C., 1861
No. 8142. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[John Lawrence Rapier, Pvt., 1st Battalion Zouaves, head-and-shoulders...
Information from negative sleeve. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[James Monroe's tomb, near Richmond, Virginia]
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - cemet... More
Judson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Photo shows portrait of Brigadier General Roscius Winslow Judson of 142nd New York Infantry Regiment (Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center) Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corre... More
Group of civilians, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Title from Civil War caption books. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov ... More
Antietam, Maryland. Bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Bridge across the Antietam North-east view. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More
Port Royal, South Carolina. General Isaac Stevens
Photographer name from negative sleeve: O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. I. Stevens, Port Royal, S.C., 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4205. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More
Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.
Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More
Manassas Junction, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates,...
No. B831. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, ...
Photograph showing the deck of the warship after receiving Confederate cannon fire, with holes in the smokestack. Mounted on board with five other photographs. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congr... More
22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...
No. B793. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Woodbury's bridge - Chickahominy River, American Civil War Glass Negat...
Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 17. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Culpeper, Virginia, August 1862 during American Civil War
View of Civil War military encampment in Culpeper, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner. Corresponds to illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... More
Alexandria, Virginia. Soldier's cemetery. American Civil War glass neg...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Soldiers Cemetery near Alexandria, Va. File print in LOT 4161-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More
22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...
Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... More
Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4, mounting 13-inch mortars...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battery No. 4, near Yorktown mounting ten 13 inch mortars each weighing 20,000 pounds. South end. May 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-J... More
22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...
No. B1006. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania August, 1863, American Civil War Glass ...
Photograph shows Hanover Junction railroad station with two trains on the tracks. No. B159. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp
Title and date from corresponding photographic print in LOT 4196. Photographer name from annotations on other negatives in this series (LC-B8156). Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congr... More
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View of breastworks on Round Top
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: View of breast works on Round Top, Gettysburg. July 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-A. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, L... More
Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Poto...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of Potomac, Culpeper, Va., September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner based on similarity to LC-B817... More
Catlett's Station, Virginia (vicinity). Federal soldiers rebuilding th...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Building R.R. bridge across Cedar Run near Catlett Station, Va. (destroyed by Confederates when they fell back before the Army of the Potomac un... More
Evacuation of Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek Landing, Virginia, June 1863
No. 4213. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 33. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Co. I, 93rd New York Infantry Bealton [sic], Va. August 1863. Corresponding print is... More
Co. G, 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Bealton [i.e., Bealeton], Virginia
No. 459. Brady-Handy Studio. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Militia New York 1863; Civil War, 1861-1865; Vi... More
Officers and non-commissioned officers of Co. J(?), 93d N.Y. Inf'y., B...
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 511. LC-B817-7511 broken Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Company D, 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April, 1863
No. 313. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More
U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Franklin Turnpike, Nashville, Ten...
No. 8500. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Commissary Depot at Cedar Level, Virginia August, 1864
No. 182. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More
U.S. Quartermaster's warehouse, Nashville, Tenn., March, 1864
No. 8502. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
A bomb-proof in front of Atlanta, Ga.
Hand written on verso: Miller, III, 136. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Nashville Turnpike, Nashville, Te...
No. 8501. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Adj. D.L. Chase i.e. Case, 78th & 102nd NY Infantry
Photograph shows Adjutant Daniel L. Case of 78th New York Infantry Regiment and 102nd New York Infantry Regiment (Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center) Title from unverified information on negative s... More
Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters, 5th Army Corps
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters, 5th Army Corps. Brandy Station, Feb. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4171. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More
Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, 1st Massachusettsachusetts Cavalry
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Co. D, 1st Mass. Cavalry, in front of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 1864. Annotation from negative, glass side: 9. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. C... More
Fort Monroe, Virginia. Quartermaster's office, American Civil War Glas...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Monroe, Va. Quartermaster's office. Dec. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More
Mail wagon of 2d Army Corps - Public domain portrait print
No. 303. Alternate title and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Gift; Col... More
Fredericksburg, Virginia. House badly shelled on the banks of the Rapp...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: House badly shelled on the bands of the Rappahannock. May 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More
Petersburg, Virginia. Field and staff officers of 39th U.S. Colored In...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Field and staff of 39th U.S. Colored Infantry In front of Petersburg, Va. September 1864. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More
The Lincoln gun, American Civil War Glass Negative.
No. 833. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More
Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864
No. 707. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More
Winter quarters of Quartermaster's Department, 6th Army Corps. near Ha...
No. B361. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, page 313". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, Virginia, April 1864
No. 4166. Caption continues: This is left half of a panoramic view of which no. 327 is the right half. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C... More
Co. B, U.S. Engineers in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864
No. 566. Photographer from research conducted by William A. Frassanito and reported in Military Images Vol. 11:1, July/Aug. 1989, p. 15. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Double turreted monitor, Onondaga, James River, Virginia
No. B74. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 132 - 33". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Pontoon bridge across Hazel River, Virginia, March, 1864
No. B407. Hand written on mount: "Welford's Ford". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Sutler's Tent, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Brandy Station, February, 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4171. Credit line: Civil war photogra... More
Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...
No. B118. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).
General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864
No. B48. Alternate title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaign by William Frassanito. Incorrect information on negative sleeve: U.S. Grant at City Point. See also: LC-B8175-2, orig. glass negative with dif... More
General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, summer of 1864
No. B46. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 47". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Bridgeport, Tenn. (i.e. Alabama), 1864, showing ruins of Nashville & C...
Hand written on mount: "See also LC-B8184-10349". Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A bombproof shelter for the soldiers during the seige of Petersburg, ...
No. 809. Title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Mount... More
Ruins of Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865
Photograph shows side view of the ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar. No. 3075. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Washington, District of Columbia. General Martin D. Hardin's headquart...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters at Fort Slocum, August 1865. Corresponding print is in LOT 4170. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress... More
Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). General William F. Bartle...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. W.F. Bartlett's headquarters near Washington, D.C., August 1865. Annotation from negative, glass side, partial: 731. Corresponding print is... More
Fort C.F. Smith, Co. L, 2d New York Artillery
Group of soldiers with cannon and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 675. Original neg. number: LC-B817-7675.
Ruins of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond, Virginia, ...
Photograph shows ruins of the railroad bridge across the James River. Plate no. 88. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], ... More
The Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond Virginia
Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia. No. 862. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative available: LC-B815-862
Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., burnt distrct. Photographer: Alexander Gardner. Corresponding print is in LOT 4162-D. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-18... More
Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of Gallego Mills. Interior view
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Interior View of Gallego Mills, Richmond, Virginia, 1865. File print in LOT 4162-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Co... More
Belle Isle, James River, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865
Photograph shows a view of Belle Isle from Richmond side of James River with some homes in the distance. No. 4549. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia April 1865 during American Civil War
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Looking down James River from Dutch Gap, February 1865]
No. B594. Title devised by library staff. Title based on similar image: LOT 11486-F, no. 10. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Quartermaster's office, Fort Fisher, N.C., American Civil War Glass Ne...
No. 7209. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, ... More
Nashville, Tenn. 1865(?). Sanitary commission, Planters hotel, Sumner ...
US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-929. No. QM-929. Caption continues: "FSA copy negative no. 40486-ZA, after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew (i.e. Mathew) B.... More
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Capt. John J Huff's clerk
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Huff's clerk, July 1865. Gettysburg, Pa. Corresponding print is in LOT 4191. C... More
[Jubal Anderson Early, 1816-1893, bust, facing left, in civilian cloth...
Lieut. General. No. 4863. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.
Fortifications on the Petersburg lines during American Civil War
No. B518. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).
Reuben Lindsay Walker, 1827-1890, Confederate States of America.
Head and shoulders, facing left. C.S.A. Brig. Gen. No. 5832. Head and shoulders, facing left. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Capti... More
Portrait of Brig. General John D. Imboden, officer of the Confederate ...
Imboden is not in uniform. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 1033 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Cor... More
Portrait of Maj. General Daniel Butterfield, officer of the Federal Ar...
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0892 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More
Colonel George H. Chapman (3rd Indiana Cavalry) at his headquarters. A...
Caption from negative sleeve: Col. Geo. H. Chapman at his Hdq. Army of the Potomac, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2441B) and right (LC-B811-2441A) halves of a stereograph pair. Correspondin... More